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Linux Kernel may drop support for SA1100

munchausen Page Icon Posted 2021-01-13 2:59 PM
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This is currently being discussed on the Linux kernel mailing list [1]. We should probably voice that we are still using SA1100 and don't want it dropped.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK8P3a2VW8T+yYUG1pn1yR-5eU4jJXe1&#...
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timob0 Page Icon Posted 2021-01-13 5:16 PM
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You'd also need to convince GCC folks not to drop armv4 support in one of the next releases since It's been marked as deprecated in gcc 9.x:
https://fossies.org/linux/gcc/NEWS (line 3767 ff.)
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_dev-null Page Icon Posted 2021-01-13 5:57 PM
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Hm .. bad news, but I understand it. Development continues and it is a pain to support all old and ancient architectures.

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